Brain responses to erotic and other emotional stimuli in breast cancer survivors with and without distress about low sexual desire: A preliminary fMRI study

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 533-542

  Versace, Francesco ^a   Engelmann, Jeffrey M ^a   Jackson, Edward F ^a   Slapin, Aurelija ^a   Cortese, Kristin M ^a   Bevers, Therese B ^a   Schover, Leslie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate; Breast cancer; Chemotherapy; fMRI; Reward processing; Sexual dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DSM-5; EMOTION; EROTICA; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SEXUAL AROUSAL DISORDER; SEXUALITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BRAIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EMOTIONS; EROTICA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84901330080     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-013-9252-1     Document Type: Article

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